Doodads — Sunday weekly video and photo

So much to take pics and video of, it’s hard to keep ahead of it. Here’s a mish-mash of the past week. Videos I’ve been uploading to YouTube:   And the final, surprise video.  This is a cool solar-powered flame hot air balloon younger son and his wife bought me last year or the year…

Doodads — ordinary bits and pieces plus

Yesterday I walked around the yard and took some pics of the usual but also some of stuff you’ve heard me talking about but haven’t shown pics of. They are in no particular order, but all of them come from the yard.

Doodads — Saturday Stroll in and out 051824

First pic is of the dawn redwood, now a year old.  I learned that they have leaves that look like evergreens but they drop them in the fall, like larch.  The tallest one, you can see the bright green on the stem/trunk which is the new growth this year.  I also planted some seeds from…

Doodads — witch hazel, prickly pear, and more

Friday and Saturday were spent mowing, trimming, and hauling bricks to the middle of the yard to build a foundation for the Amish-made lighthouse that has replaced the eroding, ant-infested wishing well my stepfather built for me many moons ago.  When the wood-shingled roof of it fell off last fall, a plan to replace emerged. …

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The time before this recent time I went to get my oil changed at the nearby shop, the manager said my oil wasn’t dirty, so come back in another 2,000 miles.  Not sure how many of you have had such an experience, where you get sent away from the oil changing shop not being asked…

Doodads from the past week

This past week was a whirlwind of activities and barely time to transfer photos from camera to computer to share. This past Tuesday I was on my way to FMG when suddenly both lanes of traffic halted.  It was difficult to see what was going on ahead, only that lanes were crawling.  As my car’s…